12404. All deputy controllers, chiefs of divisions, assistant chiefs of divisions, attorneys, district managers, investigators, and financial data compiler in the State Controller’s Office shall be civil executive officers. The Controller may designate and appoint, or terminate the designation and appointment of, those other officers or employees of the Controller’s office to serve as civil executive officers while performing the duties of their established classifications in the state civil service; those appointments or terminations of appointments to be effective when filed by the Controller in writing in the office of the Secretary of State.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 50, Sec. 66. (AB 378) Effective January 1, 2022.)
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